Manchester City have announced their second signing of the summer with Kalvin Phillips joining from Leeds.
Having bought striker Erling Haaland earlier in the transfer window, the Premier League champions have now strengthened in midfield in Phillips, who joins in a £45million deal.
Phillips has left his boyhood club for the Premier League champions
The announcement came just over an hour after the deal to sell Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus to Arsenal was announced.
Phillips leaves behind a Leeds side he's been associated with for over 12 years. He signed his professional contract in 2014, when Leeds were in the Championship.
He played a key role in getting Leeds promoted to the Premier League in the 2019/20 season.
Their first season in back in the top flight saw Phillips shine, which led to regular call-ups in Gareth Southgate's England squad.
The 26-year-old shone during England's Euro 2020 campaign, starting every Three Lions match of the tournament.
And despite an injury-hit 2021/22 campaign, City have seen enough to bring him on board.
Phillips has left Leeds for Manchester
Phillips has also become a key player for England
He comes in as a replacement for City hero Fernandinho who left the club this summer and has returned to Brazil.
Phillips said: "I am absolutely delighted to have joined Manchester City.
"City have again proved to be the best team in the country with an amazing squad and a manager in Pep Guardiola who is rightly considered to be the finest in the world.
"To be able to play under Pep and learn from him and his coaching staff as well as be part of such a fantastic squad is a prospect that I am incredibly excited about."
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